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Factors that led to the development of schools of thought.

Factors that led to the development of schools of thought.

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Differences in linguistic interpretation of the Quran where some scholars interpreted some Quranic verses differently. This led to the evolvement of schools of thought.
The geographical spread of leading Muhadithin, these were spread all over the
Muslim world and taught people around them their views thus leading to the evolvement of the schools of thought.
The question of who should be depended upon for authority, either those who grew up in Madina and were conversant with the prophetic traditions of those from Kufa with the best Sahabas and Tabiuns, in the interpretation of the Quran and Sunnah. This created 2 groups which later grew into the 4 schools of thought. P
Issues came up and solutions could not be found either in the Quran or Sunnah; this led to the scholars to exercise their ijmah so as to solve these issues and this led to the rise of the schools of thought.
The expansion of Muslim empire where Islam spread far and wide and many people converted to Islam. This led to the rise of different ideas which gave rise to the schools of thought.
Different scholars had their own views on various issues in Islam, this also contributed to the rise of schools of thought.
Competition in acquiring knowledge which gave rise to different opinions among the scholars also contributed to the rise of the schools of thought.
Spread of authentic hadith which led to the different applications and issues also contributed to the rise of different applications and issues also contributed to the rise of schools of thought.
Spread of hadith to different areas where weak/forged hadith came up and difference in opinions developed.
lemass answered the question on March 12, 2019 at 13:19

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